Writing Lessons & Advice: Forward Slashes
While looking back over some of my writing, I’ve noticed I get a little “slash-happy” every once in a while. Perhaps I incorporate the slash mark ( / ) without a lot of thought, so I looked for some official guidance to help me rethink my usage. Here’s what I find that may help you too. In English writing, the mark is called either a forward slash or simply a slash . Less common names for it include stroke, solidus, diagonal, or oblique. The punctuation has roots in Roman c
